Stand Under the Don’t Tree and Riddle Me This

Jason joins Kole to discuss the Cincinnati elections, borderlands, Modern Warfare 2, and Nintendo’s flagging profits. Travis Estell from Explore Cincinnati makes a guest appearance in this episode.

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Topics:

News

• Cincinnati Elections.

Portraits of Shame

• Kids arrested for rapping at McDonald’s drive-thru
• Man robs Taco Bell, then asks for job application.
• Counter Strike players ignore strippers.
• CLASSIC PORTRAIT: Laundry Detergent Slip-N-Slide

What’cha Been Playin’?

• Borderlands (XB360)
• Magna Carta 2 (Wii)
• Final Fantasy IV: The After Years (Wii)

Game News

• Modern Warfare Controvesy
• SPECIAL GUEST: Travis Estell discusses election results.
• Nintendo profits down.
• Nintendo DS LL announced.

Songs Played:

1. “Mexicola (Live)” – Queens of the Stone Age
2. “Convinced of the Hex” – Flaming Lips
3. “Aurora” – Foo Fighters
4. “Funeral Dress” – Wussy
5. “Bull Black Nova” – Wilco
6. “Say Please” – Monsters of Folk
7. “Hail, Mary” – Shearwater
8. “Cut Your Hair” – Pavement
9. “Bus Stop Boxer” – Eels
10. “Singer Songwriter” – Okkervil River

 

I’ve got a real problem with clockwatching.

Oftentimes, I’ll sit in places that obscruct views of clocks, or refuse to have my laptop open in class, simply because I’ll keep on counting down the minutes. It’s become a real problem, and it probably goes back to when I was in middle school, and I’d set my watch to EXACTLY when the bell would sound. That way, I would know down to the second when class would end.

I’ve started turning around my alarm clock, and using post-it notes to keep my eyes from wandering towards the current time at work. So imagine my jubilation when I saw that there was an application that would free me from my tendencies.

Fuzzyclock does something very simple and weird: It takes your system time, and displays it in words. So where a normal person would say “It’s a quarter to one,” Fuzzyclock does exactly that. Try downloading it here.

That’s all there is to say about it, really. Except that I found out about it by watching one of Merlin Mann’s screencasts. There’s some other good stuff in there, some of which I use.

Feel free to comment on my neuroses.